赖世雄高级美国英语 lesson 35
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄高级美国英语
Hello everyone, welcome again to Radio English on Sunday.
This is Bruce,/ and this is Peter.
/ Today we are on page two hundred ninety seven, unit thirty five. Today we take a look at our hot animal of this book. We've given you a look at some of nature's strangest, loveliest, most wonderful animals, and today we have to save the last animal. Sometimes we say we save the last or best, because the hot animal around the world is the panda. The panda is quite an interesting guy and we're going to learn a lot about him today in our lesson.
Let's get started then with the first paragraph on page two hundred ninety seven.
Some countries have adopted an animal as a kind of national mascot 2. The bald eagle is often thought of as representing the US, for example. New Zealanders proudly display their Kiwi, a native flightless bird. Australians cannot seem to make up their minds whether the koala or the kangoroo should represent them. China also has two animals which often stand out in everyone's mind, the dragon and the giant panda. As the dragon is a mythological 3 animal, that leaves the giant panda as the only real animal representative of China.
The panda, this is a beautiful guy, is the teddy bear, the original teddy bear. The bald eagle, you wouldn't want to hold, it would probably scratch you or bite you; kiwi is hard to catch, well the kangaroo is hard to catch, too, but not the koala, we learned earlier in our book that the koala moves very very slowly, but you have to climb a tree to get to him. So maybe the panda is the animal which most people think of as the most huggable, the animal which people would most like to hug. What do you think, Peter?
/ Well, definitely, we think that panda is very tender, very loveable, I would use this word "lovable", that means very cute, as you just said, "huggable"...you know, everybody thinks that I am like a panda...:P so ..I am very huggable.
/ , well, there're some differences. :P/ representative, n, 代表，he's the representative of our class. 这个字也可以当形容词用，如果前面没有冠词或所有格，它就是一个形容词。This rain is representative of my love for you. 代表着我对你的爱。相当于symbolic 4, 也是跟of用的。The rain is symbolic of my love for you. 这个symbolic 只能作形容词。 / symbolize 5, v, This animal symbolizes 6 this country.
____representative, 更多用作名词，作***的代表解。
One that serves as an example or a type for others of the same classification.
典型事物作为同一类别中的其它事物的典例或典范的事物One that serves as a delegate or an agent for another.
代理人作为代表他人的代表或代理的人或公司A member of a governmental body, usually legislative 7, chosen by popular vote.
议员由公众投票选出的政府机构（通常是立法机构）的一个成员A member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.
众议院议员（州下院议员）美国众议院或州议会下院的一个成员adj,a representative body代表团be representative of the people代表人民n,authorized representative全权代表n（与of连用）代表； 代理人a representative of a company公司的代表_____mascot,A person, an animal, or an object believed to bring good luck, especially one kept as the symbol of an organization such as a sports team.
吉祥物，吉祥符相信能够带来好运气的人、动物或物件，尤指用作体育运动队等某个组织的标志符We had a panda as our mascot.
我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
Let's continue in our second paragraph.
Although dragons have been associated with China for thousands of years, the panda's inclusion into the Chinese psyche 8 is far more recent. The giant panda was not even discovered until eighteen sixty nine. It was already a rare animal at that time, living in the high bamboo forests of Sicuan province and neighbouring parts of Tibet. Its more plentiful 9 cousin, the lesser 10 panda, is also refered to as the cat bear or bear cat. However, zoologically speaking, it is neither. The lesser panda is a member of raccoon family, whereas the giant's classification is still a dilemma 11. Some authorities consider it a member of the bear family, while others maintain that it belongs to the raccoon family, too.
Here we're taking a look at the habitat of the panda, and also how biologists, those who study animals we call zoologists 12, classify the panda. Its habitat is high altitude bamboo forests, which we find in the mountains of Sicuan and Tibet, that is its natural habitat. And it's rare today and as long as mankind has been in contact with this animal, and has written about it, it has always been rare. As we say, it was not even discovered, at least by westerners, until the middle of the last century. What is a panda? That depends on whom you talk to. Some zoologists consider it a member of the bear family, while others consider it the largest member of the raccoon family.
/ raccoon, 浣熊。
___habitat, The area or type of environment in which an organism or ecological 13 community normally lives or occurs:
栖息地某种生物或生态群体生存繁衍的地区或环境类型：
a marine 14 habitat.
海洋生物的栖息地The place in which a person or thing is most likely to be found.
通常所在一个人或一物体最有可能被发现的地方inhabit, v, 居住于，存在于，占据，栖息，尤其指动物的居住，/ Many cockroaches 15 inhabit my house.
/ Many strang, or rare animals inhabit that area. 这里有一点要注意，千万不要加一个in字，不要说inhabit in that area, 但是如果用live, reside, or dwell, 那后面是要加跟in字的。这些是不及物动词，要加in.
/ Reside, we don't often use this verb "reside", but it's noun you will see, resident, and the verb dwell, or its noun, dweller 16, sometimes we use the phrase "city dweller" or "city dwellers 17", 都市居民。
They reside in that area, they dwell inthat area, they live in that area, 不过这几个字都是用于人的。inhabit通常用于动物。
associate, 的用法，be associated with ...与...有关联，联想到。。。
如果前面没有be动词，to associate with (sb), 这是交往的意思，Nobody likes to associate with him, becuase he keeps telling lies.
______keep company with______One is known by the company he keeps. 中级讲座中。
/ Good point.
______psyche, 灵魂, 精神, 心灵The spirit or soul.
精神或灵魂Psychiatry【精神病学】
The mind functioning as the center of thought, emotion, and behavior and consciously or unconsciously adjusting or mediating 18 the body's responses to the social and physical environment.
自我作为思想，情感和行为中心的心灵，能有意识或无意地识调整或调解身体对社会和外界环境的反应inclusion, include的名词式。
Let's go on to the third paragraph and over to the next page.
The giant panda is well named. Reaching a length of one point five maters and one hundred sixty kilograms, this gentle omnivore is among the largest land animals of China. Subsisting 20 on the diet bamboo and other plants, and even small animals, it can consum as much as thirty kilograms of food a day. Now that's a giant appetite. It's distinctive 21 markings, broad, white bands of fur, alternating with black, and small black circles around the eyes, have endear the giant panda to animals everywhere.
The giant panda and the lesser panda; the lesser panda and raccoon of North America, are about the size of a house cat, a very large house cat, but smaller than a dog; but the giant panda is bigger than a person, heavier than most people. :P and the length, one point five meters, that'll be a rather short man, or maybe an average woman, in hight, but here we use length, because the animal usually walks on all (fores). But one thing that's really cute about the panda, and endears to people, is that it sits down like a person. It sits on its bottom with its legs (out), and looks around, and it's very very cute when it does (bet) because of its black and white markings, and its gentle nature.
/ In fact, you don't have to go to a zoo to find a panda or something, in this small studio, we do have a panda.
/ Oh, it's small now, as you guy's in here. haha.
/ omnivore, n, 杂食性的人，不偏食的人，carnivore, 食肉动物，食肉类的动植物。
herbivore, 草食动物，这个字在美语中[h]不发音。
vegetarian 22, 素食者，吃素的人，指人。It's a noun. A person can be a vegetarian, or, it can be used as an adjective, I only eat vegetarian food. 但人如果荤素通吃，一般不说omnivore, 这个omnivore通常指动物。这时没有一个专门的字，只要说I eat everything, I eat anything, 就行了。
/ to endear A to B, 使A令B觉得亲近，make A very close to B,Her ability to cook has endeared her to her husband.
____subsist,To exist; be.
存在To remain or continue in existence.
继续存在See: beTo maintain life; live:
维持生活；生活：
subsisted 23 on one meal a day.
每天只吃一顿饭为生生存, 维持生活(on, upon)存在; 居住; 位于(in)【哲】(逻辑上)可以理解; 有效; 抽象地存在subsist 19 on wages靠工资过活subsist on依靠...生活__另外这个(something) endear somebody to another, 非常有用。
Granny's kindness endeared her to everyone in the community.
老大娘的仁慈心地使她受到这一带所有人的喜爱。
____distinctive, 与众不同的，有特色的，Let's go ahead to the next paragraph.
People may want to hug this huge teddy bear, but giant pandas prefer to live a solitary 24 life. This may account for their scarcity 25. These pandas are on all official lists of endangered animals. Estimates of the wild panda of popullation are difficult due to the rugged 26 terrain 27 they live in. But experts agree that fewer than one thousand remain free, as they give birth to only one or two cubs 28 when mating is successful. The giant panda's survival in the wild is anything but a foregone conclusion. The Chinese government has set aside eleven nature preserves where pandas are known to exist, hoping to protect them from the rapid encroachment 29 of man. Though poaching is still a problem, strict laws have reduced the senseless carnage.
Again, the teddy bear image of the panda is irresistible 30 to most people. The fact is there're very few pandas left, very few people have even seen a panda in a zoo. There are maybe only about one thousand of them live in the wild. However, the Chinese government has protected some areas where these wild pandas are known to inhabit, where they are known to live in. ..and maybe more than eleven, at the time of writing we have eleven nature preserves, maybe they are more now. However, poaching is a problem as it is in many countries, where people hope to catch alive or even dead rare animal to sell on the market. This illegal hunting is called poaching. We hope of course, that in all countries that poaching can be (illiminated.)/ Mmm. There is a TV channel that I'd like to mention is called "the Discovery" channel, that features all kinds of wild lives, very very good reports, quite often you'll see on television. In Taiwan I remember once I saw a program that was about, you know, panda raising, or protection in main China, it was really a very good report. The program shows that a lot of experts over there ...locals, ..quite good habitat..
/ Oh, the beautiful animals, like so many other rare animals, these days needs protecting, so, keep up the good work.
/ to be anything but...= not ...at all.
He's not clever at all.
He's anything but clever. 他什么都可能，就是不聪明。
Bruce is anything but clever; he's cunning.
/ Right. The other time we use this, that you may hear more often is, for example, when someone talks about a restaurant or a movie, they may say, oh, it's a good restaurant, but it's anything but cheap. 一点都便宜。so you expect to take a lot of money. Or, that movie is anything but exciting, which means you thought it was boring. We use it in this sort of recommending of things.
17:20______solitary,Existing, living, or going without others; alone:
单独的没有他人的存在、生活或开展；单独的：
a solitary traveler.
单独的游客See: aloneHappening, done, or made alone:
唯一的独自发生的、完成的或成为单独的：
a solitary evening; solitary pursuits such as reading and sewing.
唯一的夜晚；独自的追求如阅读及缝制Remote from civilization; secluded 31:
隐居的远离文明社会的；隐居的：
a solitary retreat.
隐居处Having no companions; lonesome or lonely.
寂寞的没有陪伴的；单独的或孤寂的Zoology【动物学】
Living alone or in pairs only:
独居的单独生活的或成双生活的：
solitary wasps 32; solitary sparrows.
独居的蔓蜂；独居的麻雀Single and set apart from others:
唯一的，与其他分开的：
a solitary instance of cowardice 33.
懦弱的唯一例子；See: singlesolitaryn.
pl. sol.i.tar 1.ies;【复数】 sol.i.tar.ies;A person who lives alone; a recluse 34.
遁世者单独生活的人；遁世者Solitary confinement 35.
单独禁闭adj.
独个儿的, 孤独的寂寞的, 冷落的, 僻远的, 荒凉的孤立的, 单独的, 唯一的【解, 植】分离的, 单生的【动】孤栖的a solitary life独居的生活solitary confinement [imprisonment]
单独拘禁a solitary valley人迹罕到的山谷a solitary example独一无二的例子endangered,Faced with the danger of extinction 36:
濒临灭绝的面临绝种的危险的：
an endangered species; an endangered culture.
濒临绝种的生物种类；濒临绝传的文化rugged terrain, 崎岖地带，terrain, n, 地形，2，地区，地带，foregone conclusion, 预料中果然发生的事情，不可避免的结果，可以肯定会发生的事情，An end or a result regarded as inevitable 37:
不可避免的结果必然的结果或结局：
The victory was a foregone conclusion.
胜利是必然的结果又一个“屠杀”的意思，大屠杀，carnage, massacre 38, butchery, slaughter 39, killing 40, genocide,carnage,n.
Massive slaughter, as in war; a massacre.
大屠杀大规模杀戮，如战争中的大屠杀；屠宰Corpses 41, especially of those killed in battle.
尸体尤指战争中被杀者的尸体17:20Pandas in captivity 42 number less than one hundred, the largest share, of course in China. Those in Western zoos are treated as royalty 43, and are the object of intense scientific interest and care. Recently, veterinarians have given make giant panda (Viagra), hoping to increase the animal's reproductive efficiency. Results are thus far inconclusive. Though births have been reported, they are few and far between. It seems that panda's chance of survival is razor-thin.
We continue talking about the panda's popullation and the news are not very good. Although the Chinese government is trying to protect the animal, and it is being raised with some success in zoos around the world, the numbers are still very very small. So we are not sure whether this animal will be around in a hundred years or not.
/ "pandas in captivity number less than...这个number是动词的用法。
Hi, Peter, your days are numbered.
/ Uhh, that means somebody is out for Peter, that means that they want to kill him.
Ok, let's continue.
Its extinction will be a sad day for all of mankind. These playful and gentle creatures never fail to amuse adults and children alike lucky enough to observe them in zoos. Every plant and animal that leaves the world due to human intervention 44 and encroachment of habitat diminishes the world we live in. The richness of the earth's original bio-diversity is being attacked. Will future generations of humanity be left with only a few species of food plants? and zoos exhibiting cockroaches and rats?
Obviously, this paragraph reminds of how important it is to preserve the natural environment. The pandas are being squeezed out of existence along with many other animals. What kind of a future will the earth be if we have only a few species of plants and animals?
/ encroachment, n, encroach, v, + on, upon,/ In business, some new companies may encroach on an old company's patterns.
And our concluding paragraph.
Hopefully, man will learn the excesses of their ways and strive to protect the remaining natural habitats as an investment not only in the flora 45 and fauna 46 remaining, but in the quality of life, present and future of all those on this planet. "Extinction is forever", and "There's only one world" need no longer be heard if everyone becomes conscious of preserving the beauty of the natural world around us.
Well, the second to the last paragraph was a bit depressing, and the last paragraph, the concluding paragraph, is a bit more hopeful. We hope that people will learn the importance of our natural environment, and do something about it so that the future will be better for all.
Ok, let's go back and I'll re-read unit thirty five again all the way through, this time as I read, you might want to practise your listening comprehension rather than read as I read out loud. Just listen this time.
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Well, that is our last hot animal around the world lesson. Next week we hope you will again join us here.
*****************************************************************************************Unit 35 Hot Aminals around the World: The PandaSome countries have adopted an animal as a kind of national mascot. The bald eagle is often thought of as representing the United States, for example. New Zealanders proudly display their kiwi, a native flightless bird. Australians cannot seem to make up their minds whether the koala or the kangaroo should represent them. China also has two animals which often stand out in everyone's mind: the dragon and the giant panda. As the dragon is a mythological animal, that leaves the giant panda as the only real animal representative of China.
Although dragons have been associated with China for thousands of years, the panda's inclusion into the Chinese psyche is far more recent. The giant panda was not even discovered until 1869; it was already a rare animal at that time, living in the high bamboo forests of Sichuan province and neighboring parts of Tibet.Its more plentiful cousin, the lesser panda, is also referred to as the cat bear or bear cat; however, zoologically speaking, it is neither. The lesser panda is a member of the raccoon family, whereas the giant panda's classification is still a dilemma: some authorities consider it a member of the bear family while others maintain that it belongs to the raccoon family, too.
The giant panda is well named. Reaching a length of 1.5 meters and 160 kilograms, this gentle omnivore is among the largest land animals of China. Subsisting on a diet of bamboo and other plants, and even small animals, it can consume as much as 30 kilograms of food a day. Now that's a giant appetite! Its distinctive markings--broad, white bands of fur alternating with black, and small black circles around the eyes--have endeared the giant panda to animal lovers everywhere.
People may want to hug this huge "teddy bear," but giant pandas prefer to live a solitary life. This may account for their scarcity; these pandas are on all official lists of endangered animals. Estimates of the wild panda population are difficult due to the rugged terrain they live in, but most experts agree that fewer than 1000 remain free. As they give birth to only one or two cubs when mating is successful,the giant panda's survival in the wild is anything but a foregone conclusion. The Chinese government has set aside 11 nature preserves where pandas are known to exist, hoping to protect them from the rapid encroachment of man. Though poaching is still a problem, strict laws have reduced this senseless carnage.
Pandas in captivity number less than 100, the largest share, of course, in China. Those in Western zoos are treated as royalty and are the object of intense scientific interest and care. Recently, veterinarians have given male giant pandas Viagra, hoping to increase the animals' reproductive efficiency. Results are thus far inconclusive. Though births have been reported, they are few and far between it. It seems the panda's chance of survival is razor-thin.
Its extinction would be a sad day for all of mankind. These playful and gentle creatures never fail to amuse adults and children alike lucky enough to observe them in zoos. Every plant and animal that leaves the world due to human intervention and encroachment of habitat diminishes the world we live in. The richness of the Earth's original biodiversity is being attacked. Will future generations of humanity be left with only a few species of food plants, and zoos exhibiting cockroaches and rats?
Hopefully, men will learn the excesses of their ways and strive to protect the remaining natural habitats as an investment not only in the flora and fauna remaining but in the quality of life present and future, of all those on this planet. "Extinction is forever" and "There is only one world" need no longer be heard if everyone becomes conscious of preserving the beauty of the natural world around us.
***************************************************************adopt A as B, 采用A当作B，Our school has adopted blue and orange as our school uniform colors.
be thought of as...被视为be regarded as...
be looked upon as...
be viewed as...
be seen as ...
be thought to be...
be considered ...
John is so naive 47 as to be often thought of as a moron 48.
stand out, 突出，杰出There were many fine performances, but Alice's singing stood out among them.
be representative of...代表……The Eiffel Tower is representative of modern architecture rather than classical architecture.
be associated with 与…有关联，被与…联想在一起Bullfighting is associated with Spain.
associate 亦可做不及物动词，＋with，表示“与…交往”。
None likes to associate with one who is selfish and snobbish 49.
subsist on...靠…维生subsist, v, 生存，When I was a student, I subsisted on bread and tuna fish everyday.
alternate with...夹杂着…Red stripes alternate with white stripes on the flag of the US.
endear A to B, 使A受到B的喜爱。
Miss Aller's good mood, conscientious 50 work, and open mindedness endeared her to all her students.
account for...说明，解释…Hard word accounted for John's success in business.
give birth to...
Theresa gave birth to a healthy baby girl last Thursday in the hospital.
Be anything but + adj, n, 绝不是…be by no means + adj, n, at all.
be not + adj, n, at all.
John is anything but a good student; he goofs 51 around all day.
他绝不是一个好学生。
注意与 be nothing but...的用法，意思刚好相反。
John是任何东西（都可以，）但绝不是一个好学生。
foregone conclusion, 事情尚未结束就可预料的结论，笃定的结果There is only one candidate in the election, so his winning is a foregone conclusion.
be few and far between, 少之又少Nowadays, people like that good old man are few and far between.
razor-thin, (机会）渺茫的，razor，刮胡刀片，razor-thin表示“薄得象刀片一样，引喻为“（机会）稀少的，渺茫的”，多用来修饰chance.
His chance of winning the election was razor-thin.
strive, strove, striven, v, 努力要。。。尽力要。。。
The students strove to pass their upcoming tests by studying day and night.
be conscious of, 意识到。。。realize,Only in the 20th century have people become conscious of the fragility of nature and thus started to conserve 52 resources.
直到20世纪人们才意识到大自然的脆弱，因而开始节约自然资源。
- The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
- We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
- The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
- We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
- He is remembered for his historical and mythological works. 他以其带有历史感和神话色彩的作品而著称。
- But even so, the cumulative process had for most Americans a deep, almost mythological significance. 不过即使如此，移民渐增的过程，对于大部分美国人，还是意味深长的，几乎有不可思议的影响。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
- Dolphins symbolize the breath of life.海豚象征着生命的气息。
- The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
- She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
- Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。
- Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
- She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。
- I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
- He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
- Zoologists refer barnacles to Crustanceans. 动物学家把螺蛳归入甲壳类。
- It is now a source of growing interest for chemists and zoologists as well. 它现在也是化学家和动物学家愈感兴趣的一个所在。
- The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
- Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
- It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句
- Both city and town dweller should pay tax.城镇居民都需要纳税。
- The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort.城市居民从未经历过这种担忧。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
- The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。
- We are unable to subsist without air and water.没有空气和水我们就活不下去。
- He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island.在荒岛上他只能靠树皮和草根维持生命。
- Perfect God and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human subsisting. 衪是完全的神又是完全的人，且有理性的灵魂和人类血肉之躯。 来自互联网
- The benevolence subsisting in her character draws her friends closer to her. 存在于她性格中的仁慈吸引她的朋友们接近她。 来自互联网
- She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
- This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
- She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
- I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。
- Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes. 解放前他靠吃野薯度日。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits. 空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。 来自辞典例句
- I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
- The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。
- The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
- The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。
- Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
- The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I resent the encroachment on my time.我讨厌别人侵占我的时间。
- The eagle broke away and defiantly continued its encroachment.此时雕挣脱开对方，继续强行入侵。
- The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
- She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。
- Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
- We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中，而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中
- His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
- His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
- The old recluse secluded himself from the outside world.这位老隐士与外面的世界隔绝了。
- His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。
- He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
- The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
- She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。
- I waited on tables，and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生， 甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
- All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。
- This National Park is an area with unique fauna and flora.该国家公园区域内具有独特的动物种群和植物种群。
- Fauna is a biological notion means all the animal life in a particular region or period. 动物群是一个生物学的概念，指的是一个特定时期或者地区的所有动物。
- It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
- Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。
- I used to think that Gordon was a moron.我曾以为戈登是个白痴。
- He's an absolute moron!他纯粹是个傻子！
- She's much too snobbish to stay at that plain hotel.她很势利，不愿住在那个普通旅馆。
- I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.我原以为她会非常势利，但她却非常热情和友好。
- He is a conscientious man and knows his job.他很认真负责，也很懂行。
- He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties.他非常认真地履行职责。